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LINCOLN CQWY LEADER,
! W. 8H,UT, (M;Ur a4 Proprietor,
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County. OrejoL. M toiio, l- I
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OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Tlie Shipment of Oranges From
Riverside, Call.
GUN'S BARBEL) BY THE JUDGK.
An English Syndicate Purchase an
Arizona Mine Stockton Tan
ners Close Down.
ThoTacoina Chamber of Comment has
moved into iU new $150,000 building.
Work on the Santa llnrbara end of the
railway gap between Ell wood and Santa
.Margarita iH to begin at once.
Orange shipments from Biversidu thiH
season amounted to 2,:SO0 carloads, the
largest amount ever nti i j .j,c. 1 in one sca-
KOI I.
The Victoria (H. C.) ,Siireine Court
has dismissed th(! charge of assault
against Uev. Albeit Keams, the Merced
runaway,
An KngliHh syndicate hat bought the
ionan.a mine' at J 1 an j i i;i llala, A.T.,
paving $1,000,000 for it. Jt iH a very rich
gold mine.
With the alignment an commandant
of the Mare Inland navv vard Canluiii
Kirkland received hiti jiromolion to the
rank ol Commodore.
The tanners at Stockton have ceased
pickling hideH. They claim H cents
charged by the dealern in too high, and
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i ... m ..... ,, tit ii, 1 i..-Miiiit:i. uiii.il tilt:
price in lowered.
The Healer Favorite ban arrived at
Victoria from the west coaHt w ild u catch
of 1,000 seals. She also brought the
Triumph', and .Marviu'H catch of 1 ,170
and WW respectively.
San Joaiuin grain dialers are olff'jji
to buy the new crop and, loaning M
f 1 per Ion on Mtoreil w Ileal at f ioi
showing a better condition of 'ilmcy
InatterH. All wheat coming in is ,iK
Blored, as jiWin are toolow.
Xhfl Mnuimoth'iiMiM! in Jnul county
A. Tf, mie o flto finest gjj; lllim.H in t1(',
l'erritory, in hut d. ... .. ,.,
. aliuft uau liP jiWHTi -avo in the mine
: KomfltJr,,,, r,..rjg it, dillicult to
itfJrfiM well iih uiiprolitable.
Thu Hun Pedro Lumber Company ban
Hcrtircd at I .oh AngclcH a judgment
ugaiiiHt Merrick ItcynoIdH, their former
manager, fur $iki,0OO, lieynolds wan
charged with neglect and canning the
(alHlllciition of the coiiipaiiy'H UiiikH,
Six mcaMiii'finciitH made by Kred (i.
I'hlinmer of the height of Mount Kuin
ier show it In be from I I, til t) to 15,100
feet high. Mount Whilucy, which in
credited with being the highcHt iiinuut
llill ill the United StateH, IH 1 1, HUH feet
high.
Judge Catlin at Siiciaincnlo ban de
cided the long-pending cane of V. J.
(iregiirv vh. ,1, .1. Spiokcr, involving the
right to the niiiniifacluic mid salt-of a
patent medicine, judgment beingaward
)d plaiiitill. The cane li.m been pending
for nine yearn.
In the halicus corpus case of Captain
W lav of the Salvation Army al San. Iohc
Judge I.oi'igan declared the ordinance
which prohilnti d Hie Salvalinii Army
from parading on the Htreetn in pre
scribed I h hi ii In i ii n uncount itulional, and
ordered that Ihcilc (cudaut In-discharged.
Tacoiua nhingle dealern and manufact
urers entiiiialo thai over half of the
inillnot Wiislffnglun lire now cloned, and
that more will clime. It in estimated
that tho combined mills u( the Mute
have a daily output of approximately
Itl.OOO.tMHI nhlnglen per day, Al present
a majiirilv of the dealern and manufact
urers of 'i'acoma do not admit that there
IH over an nu-riige of ft,(HHt,tHHI shingles
luniiufactuicd daily iu thu Statu.
Warden Anil of the I'ulsom prinou will
allow no more interviews with Sontag.
Ilenayn: "While an a peace ollicer ol
of the State and Waidi u of I'nlnoiu
prison it in my duly to can1 for thone
i laced under my charge, null 1 ow e no
enn a duty to the Mate ami to society
than to put my loot dou u and my that
from thin time on, w bile I am Warden
of thin prinou, lii-ingo Soiling's maudlin
liioutliingH nhall mil disgrace the pagen
of another California new npapcr."
The State Hank Comminniouern have
completed their exiiiuiualinu into the
lliiaucial coin lit ion of the I'acitle Hank
at San rriiucinco, wlncli recently mm
pended. They find that the tolal re
Hourcenuf the bank, estimated at a (air
imtikelable value, aiv l'. 100,000, and the
tolal luihiliticn $l,NnS,tHK. Noiiccouut
in taken of the capital ntock or surplus.
The Coiuniinnionern regard the bank an
Holvent no far il ability to pay ileKiniorn
in eoiicerncd. The bank will probably
I hi reorganized and icMiine Imniuenn,
All insist discovered by .1, K. Shepiird
of Zcnu, lr., wan fniind to Ih devouring
the green and woolly aphin in bin or
clmid. l'mf. I'. I.. Wanhiugton, enln
mologint of (he Oregon agricultural cx
Hrimeiit Ktation, nayn the inc t in hi
dahriin comcn, and dial it U no uncom
mon thing fur memliern of thin family
to feed on nod lnnlnd inniH tn. The npe
cieH of pmlabrun bae aUo made a good
reiHird an aplun-eiitei'H ill Oregon. They
never necin, however, to become liuuicr
oun enough to catch up w ith the aphin.
(ieorge I.. l!ichaid"oti han Ih-cii found
KUllly of an attempt to wreck IheSoiiih
ern I'acillc 1 1 u i ii ne.ii I'luin, Or, Ibm
In tl.e cae where a lnuii wan Hopped by
Kiclianl-4iu, who held a torch, and w bone
every appearance indi.ated that he bad
Wen injnn d. Declaimed he had dn
eoveretl lubbeiH (eating up the track,
and that they bud I citeu and nlablvd
liiili and let! him 1 r dead, bu( be lov
ervl in tune lo Mive the tiain. He w in
liiltchol Inl aw bile, but theev idein e made
wan Mich thai he wan charged with tbe
atteinptml crime ol truin-w ivcking wi h
the ilUive lenitll . 1 1 1 fciileucc In eight
yearn in the Slale pi i.-on.
John W, Hood, cx-c.knhicr of the IKhi-olun'-Kelly
liiiuking t'oinpiiny, couvicti'd
of fiiilaviliiig (in,tkn.i iioiii (bat in-li
tuliou. Ii Ucn giauted a new trial
at Sun l-'rauc incn. Judge Scuwell grant
ed the new (rial on (lie gioimdn that the
court t'i rcd in a nnliou ol iln i haige to
the jury, mid dial tl,e pm.i cation did
not receive a eiy i n.- nl :u! point, ll
wait pnivinl that I i lu ii.ii l,i the l,k
of thu bank nhowed no rlioil. (.',. Now.
iN'twM'u that timvaiid April 4 be tun
of the dnwovcrv n( . di fah al ion, tin
waa no prtHif t t what bad leeMiieo( tb
money. 'Iheie wan no evihiee a to
now it came in or hnu ii nil out.
(iiMieral I'ariien of inun-el for pronieu
lion nayn thin pond in imi lo nil im
nilillity, and that the decixon pi act call
amounln to an neiiiiitt.il. I Imnt in re.
leamil on ri.0inl l-ail. lie nnintd ate!
went to liia renidem e, o 1 1 I . I , 1 1 ) 1 lnm II
to all xinitom. It in undcinimnl bin at
t- inoyi liave enjoined abnolule rvlHeinc,
l'ERSOXIL,
TV
William C. Todd. iho recentlv rave
,000 to the ltoston rmblic library to
uPIKjrt1a. Jitr reading room, is 70
years old arfda graduate of Dartmouth
in the clang of 1H44.
Mrn. Annie Moore, who ban the repu
tation of bcinif the onlv n-oinun l'r-ni
dent of a national bank' f Mount I'lean-
ant, Tex.), ih dencribed an a dark-complexioned
woman, with peculiarly brill
iant eyeH and Hoft voiite and gentle man
nerH. Itobcrt Iiuchanan app-ara U m turn
ing peHnimiHt. Ilenayn of literature that
it in one of the leant ennobling of the
profennionn, and that he ban "not met
one individual who ha not deterior
ated morally by the pursuit of literary
fame."
Kx-Ciovernor N. S. I',erry of UriHtol,
N. II., who. if he liven, will le 1)7 yearn
old on Keptemln-r 1 next, in well and act
ive, Jim intellect continue HtrotiK and
clear. . lie readn and writen daily, and
keepH fully jionled Un all of the impor
tant occurrenccH of the day.
JamcH Whiti'omb Itiley nays that com
position in a Hevero matter with him.
lie make no many falne ntartn. eorrec-
tionn and eranureH that he in anbamed to
let any one nee bin work until it in re-
copicd. lie mmlently nayn that be isn't
at all proud ol it even then.
The chief of the interpreter ai. the
World 'h I'air, CbarleH A. Jiarry, in iiiiih
ter of nixteen languageH. lie in I'reHi
dent of the ('oluuibia international As
sociation of Internretern. the uiem-
bern of w hich are employed by exhibitorH
fo lam lo viHilorM in their ow n language.
MinH Winnie Davis, daughter of Jef
fernon Duvin, iH in Chicago to nee the
World' I'air bh the guent of Mm. Slo-o-vich
of jew York. It iH noted an a co
incidence that Mm. I'liilip II. Sheridan
inviHitina Chicago at the name time, and
tnai inrr Hotel ih only two block nwav
from Minn liavln'. t jH the intentwn-73
their triemiH mat tv0 two wwirfeii bbiilL
noon mreL. j
(ieneral Averill, xOjftW cavalry (livi
HIOIl WBH laUIOUR liir,u ll.c war in now
' ' - laiionai muiieiM iioinen.
lie W'IS w,;l"'eTl three timcH during the
rebellion, Imfreinaiiied at the front un
til the erur IfiM famoiiH raiil on linif-
Htreet VVT lin(, (.f ,nlHtir nlroloiu itt
the wT- an, I received due rccmnit ion.
ien llinith wan playing " Hichard "
hicago in IH7SI a inentally uiibal-
a need npeclator mimed 1 1 ray shot at tho
actor tw ice from the gallery. One of the
biillelH Mr. Hi Kit Ii Hectired, and had it
net in it gold cartridge, upon which he
bad engraved the wordn: " Kroin Mark
tirayto Kdwin Itimlh, April IH7II."
Thin grim reminder he always preserved,
(ieneral lnigntreet liveH in what isile
ncribed an "white-pine hamllnix of a
house " near the ruiiiH of bin fine old
mansion in Central (ieorgia, which wan
hiirued a few yearn ago. The Iioiihc
he now occupicH faces the lilue Mount
iiiiis, and ( n i m i u in Ih a view of unsur
passed beauty, TbeConfederati! veteran
in now Tl yearn old and a man of patri
archal aspect.
The Duke of York and the 1'iincesn
May are going to net an example to
young couples starting iu life. The royal
pair will keep house iu a little cot time at
Sanilritigham, which couliiiiiH besides
three hedrooniH only two small silting
rooms mid a ntndy or ollice for the use of
the Duke, ll in simply lilted up with
light and inexpensive furniture, and in
altogether a very modest dwelling,
Jesne M. Sparkn of Tennesnee ban been
a 1 1 1 ii ii 1 1 1 o I Consul nl I'icdran Negran,
Mexico, and thereby liangn a tale. I Mir
ing rrenident Cleveland'! lirnt adininiH
I nil ion Major Sparkn sent to the execu
tive luiiiiHion three opossums, fat and
toothsome, bom the 'I I'lilicnsee nioillit
ti i iih. The President never forgot the
gift, and when Major SparkH wan in
Washington last spring Mr. Cleveland
asked if t lie Telinesneeau wouldn't like
to hi1 a CihihiiI. Tho reply wa in the
a llii ii nit i f, and the appointment fol
lowed. The opossums did the business.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
The largest piece of mpper ever taken
out of (he Michigan I'ppcr Peninsula
weighed almut nine tons.
Ostricli-taming in a very prollliihle in
diintrv iu Allien, w here ii in computed
thcre'aro oyer LVl.lHR) tame birds.
The value of the Western cattle in es
timated al J2,IHHI.lMHI,(kH, or live timcfl
that of all the cattle in Australia.
Diiinioud-culterH in Holland have suc
ceeded iu cutting stones no small that it
taken l,.rnttlof them to weigh a karat.
The highest rate of discount ever en
tablisbeil by the Hank of Knglaud wan
10 ner cent on May II, ISi'nl, during a
panic.
The narrowest. guuire rail road now iu
use in one of twenty incbcH ill North
Caiolina, built last year for transporting
limber.
A million dollars in gold coin will
weigh :l,tiSf).S pounds, and a million dol
lars in silver coin will weigh nS,)!'.".!.!)
pounds.
Alaska produced tl,0tH,(HM) iu mild lant
year and California JP.'.lHVi.lKK). The
gold product of (he United States wan
:i.ri,(HKI,tHK).
The farm laud of the State of Kansas
produced twice an much in value last
vear an all the gold and nilver nunc in
the United State.-.
Nothing in wasted iu China. The
-tones of various fruits and the .-hells of
nuts are cleaned, dried and carved into
ornaments of the most graceful kind.
it in naid to cost lcn to send the prod
uct of an acre of whcit from Dakota to
England than it docs to manure an acre
of laud in England no that it can grow
good wheat.
New Itcd'ord can easily atl'ord to stop
catching whales, (or according to the
latest statistic she in among New Eng
land cilien neeond only to l all Kiver in
cotton spindle.
The largest sheep ranch in the world
in naid lo be ill the counlies of Diuimet
and Webb, Tex. It contain upw ard of
ItHUVHi in r , and vein Iv pastures from
1,000,000 (o l,tU.H,lVHt nheep.
The huveH wold ounce! ever found in
Colorado weighed thii two pouudn ; the
largest in the Unit.il State weighed l.M
pound and tl ounce: larw'enl ill the
world, :."-',! Hund and ouihcs.
Piinipa giu i said to iner an area
of l,.Vii.tnHi n.piare mile in South Amer
ica. It wa tirM gixiwu for maiket in
California iu l"7'.', and in ls:na twenty
eight acre ranch yielded "Jiio.lXM pluutcn.
One million and u halt men work in
the coal mini of Ibewoild. Of (hese
Kncloid ha .Vsi.OiKi ; United Stutc,
:m,ni ; tiermauv, '.'-CiiiH" : Belgium,
liM.lXK"; Kussia.' 4I,K. The world
tinner of nieluln iiiiiulvr 4,iHM,iHy.
mong the indtistrien of the I'lotui
tiite that of puMT-niaking now hold
tilth place. During In1-' there were a
few more than l.UM niilln iu os ration
in this iMC.nli v. luiviiig an annual i apai'
ity ol nimnt Ii'i.iHhi.iXHI Miundof p.iKT.
Superiutcii lent 1 1 .ti i nit u ha nveivetl
vcial application for permission lo
iim' the Erie canal (or exnetiuieiit ill
clti tric propulsioli for canal Uat. 1'bere
are eanal Units, and the electric
inotoin to piojs l ilieni would pro'.Mililv
ivt I'.'&Oeaiii,
EASTERN MELANGE.
The
Reported Conditions
the Various Crops.
of
DESTITUTION IS WEST KAXSAS,
Outcome of the Weather Bureau
Investigation at Welling
ton The MinninHippi.
I.Uzie Borden lia lxn invited by the
Globe-Democrat to lecture.
The work of overhauling the halln of
CongrenH in being pushed rapidly.
Toronto in wrestling with the question
of running Htreet cam on Sunday.
Leadville, Col., w filling up with idle
men, owing to the Khutting down of the
IllillCH.
Serinun ehargeH of iliHCriinination have
been filed against a number of roadH en
tering Chicago by local merchants.
JJy uHing cotton-picking machines a
crop can now I rained in some districts
of the South at a cost of 2 centn a
JHjUlld.
Near Vitlccitos, Tex., Uic Bangers and
a band of Mexican horsetbieven hud a
light, and Captain Jones of the Bangers
wan killed. .
There is destitution in parts of Kan
nan. The wheat crop is a failure in large
sections. The LegMatnro may be called
in extra session.- f
' (iuilelem IminigrantH landing in New
York souietiraiM ttrw bunkoed into tiw
exchange, of ood European inoney for
onieunraio pum, -i-.
r?i rctary fitt Leeweux ia receiving
emoplamtH-from- all over-Mtmonn re
garding comhinations of insurance
agents to put up rates.
tiBvernom will lie elected next .Novem
Iht in Ohio, Iowa, .Massachusetts and
Virginia. The contests in Ohio and Iowa
w ill be the most interesting of them all.
The other day workmen in an old house
in Philadelphia, at one time occupied by
William J'ciiii, discovered a lot of an
cient coin and English bank notes bid
den under the flooring.
The receipts of the government for the
year aggregated :W.r),()o0,0(H), while the
expenditures w ill foot up t:iH.'t,(XH),00ll,
leaving a surplus of receiptn alxjve ex
penditures of t2,(MH),(XKI,
The Department of Agriculture is
about to introduce culla-lily roots as a
vegetable. In appearance the root re
scmhlcH an Irish potato; it is eanily
propagated and palatable.
The banks at Independence, Kan.,
have arranged a series of electrical alarm
bells, w hich are placed in dili'erent por
tions of the buninesH part of thu citv.
The town ih now fully prepared for rolj
bers. A suit has been instituted at New York
against Senator Squire of the Slate of
Washington to recover 2,0tKI,u(H), which,
it in claimed, tho Senator owes the
plaiutiU's for lands sold and which be
longed to them.
The outcome of the weather-bureau
investigation at Washington is the ex
oneration of Prof. Harrington and the
dismissal of Mcl.aiuhlin, chief of the
executive division, who preferred the
charges on w hich tho investigation wan
lumed.
The new military order signed by the
President almlinhes the Department of
Arizona, and places Arizona. New Mex
ico, Utah and Colorado in tho new de
iiartnient. California is restored to the
Department of California, with head
quarters at San Erancinco.
The alnilition of seed distribution
through iiiciiiImth of Congress and the
charging of the cost of meat inspection
upon the puckers are likely to lie two of
the leading recoinniciiilalions in the an
nual report of Secretary Morton of the
Itcpartmc nt of Agriculture.
Ex-Senator Talnir, Thomas M. l'atter-
i non and a niunlier ol tiusinenn men at
Denver have urged Governor Went lo
call a special session of the Legislature
for the purpose of panning nn act stay-
i ing proceedings for tho collection of
debts. The Chamlier of Commerce is
opposed to thu plan.
The citizens of Chicago have U'cn of
ficially w arned to keep out of the United
State government building in that city,
i containing the iKistottice, custom-house
and Federal courtrooms. City Building
j Commissioner loolen made personal in
, npection of the place, and declared it li
able (o collapse at any moment.
The wheat crop of thu United Staten
w ill lx much IhOow the average, while
the corn crop will be enormous, and if
the weather conditions continue good,
probably the largest ever rained. The
acreage of oals, barley, rve and similar
grains ban lieen increased, and thu crop
w ill U large. The hay crop is aUivc
the average.
The Minn'msippi w aters panning through
the liescue crevanne into the New Kiver
banin in Eouiniana have overflowed the
country, doing immense damage. There
are live to ten feet of water in Dutch
town. The Minninnippi in now falling,
and it in hoped the back water w ill ini-
inediutely feel the etl'ectu of the fall. The
water stands seven feet deen in places,
and several lives have Wn lost.
The United States makes a very dis
couraging showing for this year's crop of
cotton. It is already certain that the
crop has Ki'ii badly damaged by unfa
vorable weather during the pant six
weeks; that it has got a poor start ; that
it is being injured by insects and di sense
and cannot amount to an average yield.
More serious still is the pron)MVt that
further adverse weather, which may
fairly Ih expected at this season, catch
ing the belated crop iu its present con
dition, will reduce the yield still further.
A few sections, as Florida and Louisiana,
hviii to have lecn exempted to the me
teorological fate that han overtaken the
I he Hilton crop generally, but they are
not extensive enough to make any ma
terial ilil'.'creiiro in the crop a a whole.
Acting Secretary Hamlin ha. instruct
ed Collectors of Cuntomn in order that
the department may 1h fully advised
concerning the adminiin of Chinese
per-on into the United States to pre
pare and forward to the department a
statement showing the nuniU r of Chi
nese person admitted by them from
January 1 to .lime ;!i, ISOii, and the rea
sons; the nuiulvr to whom admission
wa rvlued and the reasons ; the uuiu
Ivr permitted to laud for transit to an
other port for exit from the United
Slate. The Collectors arc also directed
to make a weekly report of the Chinese
. ieronti mvkiug admission into the
United States, through giving names,
I description, occupation and place of den-
tinutioii in the United State, of those
admitted and the evidence upon w hich
j Mich action was Ivuned, and also the
i names and description and the cwitpa
' lion of thivo to whom admission was tv
; fused and the rva.on for such refusal;
'al-o the names, occupation and a de
scription of such H'ruis H'rmittcd to
laud for
1 Mate.
transit through, the United
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Alfred P. Swintford of Wisconsin, who
served as Governor of Alaska during
Cleveland's former term, has been ap
pointed inspector of the Surveyor-General
and district land offices.
The first move when the extra session
meets, it is said, will be a ioint resolu
tion authorizing the Secretary of the
J reanury to euspen'l trie purcnase oi sil
ver for thirty or sixty davs and then let
the fight come on the main question of
rental. It is said the silver men will
agree in order to gain time for organiza
tion.
In reply to a direct question as to
whether he would be a candidate for the
Senatomhin Judfe Crisp said: "lam
now a candidate, as you doubtless have
observed, for re-election as rrpeaKer in
the next House of Itepresentatives. 1
lo not think I will have any opposition
for the otlice. In fact, I du not lielieve
there was ever any serious intention on
the part of the next Congress toipposc
me for the nlace. I. of course, appre
ciate kindly the use of my name in con
nection with the Senatorship, but it is
altogether unauthorized by me.
The attention of the War Department
has been called to the operations of a
man who siums himself J. J. Fuller and
represents: himself as a nephew of the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He
has addressed a letter to the Sergeants
of various military companies through
out the West, which he reiiuests that
they read to their companies, ottering
through the assistance ot his uncle to
obtain the repeal of the law preventing
re-enlistment after ten years' service and
prohibiting a man from purchasing dis
charge. He savn in conclusion : " Send
me tl, and I will guarantee large profitH
within a little while." He gives his ad
dress as San Francisco, and requests the
noldiern not to delay, as he starts for
Washington August 20 to press the mat
ter iu Congress.
- -Theepinion is held by a number of
l 0HKreEHint4)IBaJ! yxu-tijcaaitin win.
not Im lengthy, and that- financial mat
tern alone will engage its attention. G.
F. Wheeler of Alabama said: "I see
liu leanoii ttny luu country Riioinil oe
biirdened by a long tiresome session,
with attendant debates and set speeches.
The President has called them together
by reason of the gravity of the money
question, and that alone. There are nu
merous Congressmen who believe it
would Ije wise for Congress as soon as it
organizes to pans a resolution giving the
President authority to suspend the pur
chase act or deal with it as he may deem
best. Congress could then adjourn at
once. When convened in regular session
iu December the financial condition
could be dealt with intelligently and
with delilH-ration and in the light of the
result of four months' work under the
policy the President might under the res
olution inaugurate."
While members of Congress and lead
ers in financial matters are discussing
various plans by which the present situ
ation can be relieved, the ollicials of the
Treasury Department are quietly prepar
ing the statistics and histories of finan
cial transactions for the benefit of the
admiumtration to guide it in its own
views of the vital suliject. Several plans
have Ih'cii suggested to Secretary Car
lisle. Among them in one which con
templates an entire change in thu money
system of the United States. In short,
tlie plan is to pass a specie resumption
act, redeeming the various forms of
money now used in the country and is
suing instead United States Treasury
notes, w hose value shall ulwavs be fixed.
There are at present nine dili'erent forms
of money in circulation, and the fact of
wide difference between the value of
gold and silver coins, while they are the
oretically of a parity, is one of the causes
w hich lias suggested the plan proposed.
The national banks during the past two
luonthn have increased their circulation
nearly 7. 000. (XH). an order for new cir
culation to the uininint of 1(2,277,000 hav
ing been received so far thin mouth bv
Controller Eckels.
The President bus signed an order re
organizing the military Department of
Arizona under the name ot the Popart
inent of Colorado, w ith headquarters at
Deliver. The Department of Arizona
consisted of the Territories of New Mex
ieo and Arizona and that portion of Cal-
norma south ot tlie .ioth parallel. I lie
new order abolishes the Department of
Arizona, and places Arizona, .New .Ylox
ico, Utah and Colorado in the new din
trict. California is restored to the De
partment of Iwifornia. with headquar
ters at San Kruncisco. This change has
been urged bv the military authorities
for a year past. The headquarters of the
Department of Arizona were at I-os An
geles, placing uencrai .mci ook, com
manding the department, at thcextreme
western part of his department. This
caused great delay iu communicating
with armv headquarters at Washington,
as all matters iu his section were sent to
bun and bv hi in to Washington. With
headquarters at Denver he will be at the
extreme east ot the department and in
thu closest communication with Wash
ington. Thin, it is believed, will ell'ect
economv in time anil money and greatlv
facilitate the disbursement of supplies
and ammunition. General McCook will
command the new department.
UlllC.UiO EXPOSITION.
Ivan I-evitte and Lcgnro Uuhinovitz
representing the Russian Silversmith
Company of Moscow, w ho had charge of
an exhibit in the liianulactures building
have Ih-cii arrested and eh.irged with
selling exhibits on which no dutv had
Ih-cii paid. They admitted their oll'ense,
and were held to the grand jury. The
government will prosecute the men and
all similar caen hereafter.
The legal objections advanced against
Went Point cadets going to the World's
Fair have Nvn overcome, and acting
Secretary Grant sent the necessary in
struction to l.ilonel Ernst, superin
.... I ... l:e. . l ' .
leiiiieiu oi me .miliary .Acuiicinv, tor
the trip. I he cadets w ill leave W
Point August 17 and remain at Chicago
ten day. I hey will Ih- encamped iu
jui KMiii i urn uiiriiig uicir niav.
The finance oi (be exposition are fast
assuming a more satislactorv condition
and the citvof Chicago i tHVotning truly
great Mr the law iiiim Ih r ot visitor
from abroad. An evening paper esti
mates that in the period emhracul w ithin
the last 120 .lav of the fair a sum rang
ing from 120.00.000 to 1,"h),(H),iW will
Ih brought into Chicago by visitors and
left then-. It i certain that every d,
shows a gradual increase in the immUr
in attendance.
Mrs. Aln - Houghton, the Man
. i i- .. i ,
agcr mini i usiiir.giou, na ihi-ii hi a
miich-tliisti'ii'd state since she got back
to the world lusr. It will tv reiucnt
Ih-imI that f.voW was appropriated for
the woman s department. Mrs. Hough
ton ha spent about $1,500 of this, and
now for no reason that can tv learned
the Board of Ltdy Manager has refused
to tor ward tier any more. Mie had not
een enough to pav the scrub woman
w ho condescend to h dv-stone the tl.Hr
of her department. Mrs. Houghton h is
had several conferences with Dr. Cal
houn over the matter, but the Executive
Commissioner is tini shrewd to mix him
self up in anv of the trouble of the la
die, and no the matter remain iu statu
niio. ANe.ii was 1,, !, i... !,.,
fund in the failure of the World's Fair
1 Columbian Bank.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Anarchist Newspapers, Leaflets
and Books Seized.
THE BEEWEKS IS BELGIUM.
Baron Hirsch Preparing to Make a
Visit to the Argentine Be
public C'hardonnet.
Horseflesh is dearer than beef or mut
ton in Paris.
An elevated electric railway is to be
built in Berlin.
Nightingales have been especially nu
merous in England this year.
The onlv European sovereign older
than Victoria is the King of Denmark.
A lady in Copenhagen has been offici
ally registered a a carpenter and joiner.
An epidemic of typhus fever prevails
among the soldier's of the Munich gar
rison, Bavaria.
It is a matter of common occurrence
in England nowadays for an auctioneer
to sell a castle or an abbey.
Scandals in French politics arebecom
ing so numerous that Pans reporters
have ceased investigating them.
The Prince of Wales has resumed his
ollice of Captain-General and Colonokof
the Honorable Artillery Company
A society has been formed in England
to discourage vandal advertising because
of its defacement ot natural scenery-.
The principal orange growers in Kaf
frana complain that the iruit is poor
both innuntity and quality tins season
Brewers in Belgium, where there are
eighty-nine breweries, are reported to be
having an exceptionally prosperous pe
lucl.
A drastic measure for the regulation
and restriction of foreign immigration is
before tlie legislature of riew south
Wales.
A novel insurance company lias been
started in France, with the object of
supplying girls with dowries when they
marry.
The Queen's appointment of the Duke
of Edinburgh as Admiral of the fleets is
not received with acclamation by the
British public.
The Turks are now watering the land
in Thessalv w ith holv water from Mecca
in order, as they suppose, to keep dow n
the plague of mice.
India has shipped to F'urope since
April 1 7,4l!0.000 bushels of wheat.
against 1(1,400,000 bushels in the corre
sponding time last year.
Some members of London's smart set
are attempting by force of example to
revive the wearing of knee breeches as a
fashion of evening dress.
Many Anarchist newspapers, leaflets
and books have been seized in the bar
racks in Milan, Naples, Florence and
Turin w ithin the last few days.
A bill granting monetary assistance to
poor settlers in order to'facilitate the
settling of the colony has passed the
New South Wales Parliament.
It is stated that the Panama canal
works will be resumed at the end oi
lHH.l, and that already 50,000,000 francs
have heen raised for thu purpose
Patti is now at Craig-v-Nos Castle
studying the new opera bv Sig, 1'izzi
which she w ill produce during her tour
ot the Liu ted States next winter.
It has not yet been definitely settled
that the German government will have
a majority in the Reichstag, many of
those elected reserving their views.
Cliardonnet, an ingenious Frenchman,
has invented a process for manufactur
ing artificial silk that is said to compare
very favorably with the real article.
The latest man to heat Zola in a con
test for a chair in the French Academv
is Ferdinand Hrtinetiere. He is a pro
fessor of French literature and a literarv
critic.
It is said that the citvof Liverpool,
England, possesses the largest fire en
gine in the world. It has a capacity of
from 1.1HXI to 2,100 gallons of water 'per
minute.
A notable instance of the decline in
value of farm lands in England is in the
suie three weeks ago of a farm m Esses
or ai.ooo which sixteen years
brought 14,700.
ago
Historic homes are cheap in London.
The house of the banker and poet, Sam
uel lingers, w as w ithdrawn from an mic
tion sale week before last because of the
smallness of the bids.
No credence is attached iu well-informed
quarters at Constantinople to
the report that the Turkish government
had decided to enforce military service
upon its Jewish subjects.
In Paris there are several women who
are empowered by police permits to wear
masculine Clothing, these include a
famous artist and several whose profes
sional duties are arduous.
The ottieers of the German armv are
to have a new cloak, the noveltv of
which lies in the fact that bv an ingeni
ous device the cloak may lie 'made thick
or thin. It is adapted for winter or sum
mer wear.
It is believed by the engineers and of
ficials of the enterprise that the Man
chester ship canal will Ih- opened for
trallic along its entire length from Li v
eriHi to Manchester bv next February
or March.
Pi.iron Hirsch is preparing to make a
visit to the Argentine Republic, where
for two year past he has been striving
to establish Hebrew colonies, and where
be has purchased a good deal of land for
colonizing purposes.
Deluding iu the House of Commons
has iHvonie. so fur a the government
and its supporters are concerned, a mon
ologue on the part of Mr. Gladstone.
He meets all comers, and in doing so lie
shows wonderful address and resource.
Salt water for street -sprinkling isued
at Yarmouth, Birkenhead and other
English ports, and found to particu
larly udvuiitagiutt. At Birkenhead it
is said that one spread of salt water i
equal to three of freshwater for laving
the dut
Home Park
. a bit of pleasure ground
which ha ju-t tveu opvncd to the peo
ple of Loudon, contain an oak with a
girth of thiitv-seven fu t and a noted
elm of gnat si.'e growing in two steins
known as the Two Sisters of Kiiij
Charles' Sw ing.
Then- has been a go.nl deal ot small.
h-x in London this eaon. It i ,1
ervamg now, but 5; caes are still
taken to the hospital each wivk. In
lluenra i rather increasing, but the gen
eral death rate of tne citv IS. 2 is 1h
low the average.
There has been quite a scramble at
HoreniH- for the pirns, of blotting iv.r
Inch the tjmvii of Knglaud ned when
she was at Villa Palmieri. Some indi
vidual promptly s-uivd as much as he
odd. w hu h he is selling at a lire apiece
and securing quite a neat little fortune
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Nominal. Quote : Valley,
$1 .07.4 S 1-10 ; Walla Walla, $1.00(41.02
per cental.
FLOCB, FEED, ETC.
Flocb Standard, $3.40; Walla Walla,
$3.40; graham, $3.00; superfine, $2.50
per barrel.
0t White. 45c ner bushel; gray,
42.S43c ; rolled, in bags, $(3.256.50; bar
rels, $(3.50rti6.7o; cases, $J.io.
Hav Best, $15(317 per ton; common.
10U3. . .
Millstoffs Bran, fW.W, Slioris,
$21.00; ground barley, $-'0(aZ4; cnop
feed, $18 per ton ; whole leed, oariey, ou
(585c per cental; middlings, $23(u28;
ner ton: brewing barley, 90(a95c per
cental ; chicken wheat, $1.22,' (31.25 per
cental.
DAIRY PRODUCE,
Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 22,2
iSO.. fati.ir ihiii-v- 17lrti?0e? fair to
ijv, i..vj i ' :
good, 15'a ltic ; common, 12'ic per pound ;
California, 35i44c per roll.
Cheese Oregon, l-"2c; California,
ll(al2c; loung America, 11,'iC per
pound.
Jioas uregon, its azw per uozen.
Poultry Chickens, old, $4 ; broilers,
large, $2.00(53.00; small, not quoted;
ducks, old, $4.50(a6.00; young, $3.00
(i.00; geese, $8.00(n 9.00 per dozen; tur
keys, Five, 12,'s'c ; dressed, 15o per pound.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Vegetables Cabbage, lJagllic per
nound; potatoes, $1.50 forGarnet Chilis;
$1.75 for Burbanks; new, $1.25(51.50
per cental; new California onions,
$1.50 per cental; asparagus, $1.75
ner box; radishes, 10(5120 per dozen;
green Oregon onions, 10c per dozen;
cucumbers. 40c per dozen; Oregon cu
cumbers, 75c(3$1.00 per dozen; string
beans, 10(5 lie per pound; Oregon peas,
IKCa'ic per pound.
Fruits Sicily lemons, $5.50(56.00 per
box: California new crop, $4.50(55.50
per box ; bananas, $1.50(53.00 per bunch ;
'orhngesaStMlin!i-2.r2.75 per box: na
vels,- $3aTO4jlH); '- strawberries, 23c
per pound ; pineapples, $0.00 per dozen ;
cherries, 00c(5 1.50 per box; Oregon Koyal
Ann cherries, $1.35 per box; gooseber-
riea( 3n-;tije por pi'tnd ; nc-.v California
apples,$2( 2.25 per bushel; peaches, $1.25
(51.50 per box; apricots, 14a2c; black
berries, $1.50 per 15-pound crate; peach
plums, $1.75 per box; new pears, $1.00
per box.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Dried Fruits Petite prunes, 10(511c;
silver, ll(ul2c; Italian, 13!c; German,
lOt'tllc; plums, 8(5 lie; evaporated ap
ples, 10(allc; evaporated apricots, 12(5
15e; peaches, 10(ul2;;cj pears, 7(5 11c
per pound.
Honey Choice comb, 18c per pound;
new Oregon, 10iu20c; extract, t)(ul0c.
Salt Liverpool, 100s, $10.00; 60s,
$10.50; stock, $8.50(1(9.50.
Loffek Losta Kiea, zzc; Jtio, zsc
Salvador, 21 lac ; Mocha, 20 1 (530c ; Java,
24'a(530c; Arbuckle'a and Lion, 100'
pound cases, 24 85-100c per pound; Co
lumbia, same, z4 bo-100c.
Kick Island, $4.75i 5.00; Japan, $4. 75;
New Orleans, $4.50 per cental.
Beans Small whites, 3'.jc; pinks,
334c; bayos, 3,'ac; butter, 4c; lima, 4c
per pound.
Syrup F'astfrn, in barrels, 40(ii55c;
in half-barrels, 42i5 57c; in cases, 35(j
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California,
in barrels, 20(5 40o per gallon; $1.75 per
keg.
Sugar Net prices: D.S'h'c; Golden C,
53'c; extra C, 6,7Bc; confectioners' A,
rj'uc; dry granulated, O'ec; cube,
crushed and powdered, 7'j'c per pound:
'4C per pound discount on all grades for
prompt cash ; maple Btigar, lStglGc per
pound.
CANNED GOODS.
Canned Goods 'fable fruits, assorted,
$1.75(52.00; peaches, $1.8.5(2.10; Bart
lett pears, $l.75;a2.00; plums, $1.37 lu (3
1.50; strawberries, $2.25(52.45; cherries,
$2.25(5 2.40; blackberries, $1.85(5 2.00;
raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25:5;
2.80; apricots, $1.05i2.00. Pie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.00(51.20; blackberries, $1.25(51.40 per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
3.15(43.50; peaches, $3.50(5 4.00; apri
cots, $3.50(u4.O0; plums, $2.75(53.00;
blackberries, $4.25(5 4.50.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; 2s,
$2.40; chipped, $2.5554.00; lunch
tongue, Is, $4; 2s, $0.75; deviled ham,
$1.75(5 $2. 15 per dozen.
Fish Sardines, ,'48, 75c(ff$2.25; J's,
$2.15(54.50; lobsters, $2.30(5 3.50; sal
mon, tin 1-lh tails, $1.25i5$1.50; flats,
$1.75; 2-lbs, $2.25(5 2.50; 3-barrel, $5.50.
provisions.
Fosters Smoked Meat and Lard
Hams, medium, uncovered, l'JU'.jC per
pound; covered, 15'.j(517c; hams, large,
uncovered, 15:,.,(5 17 '4c; covered, 15
l!l'..e; breakfast bacon, uncovered. 10'.,
C'i lS'.jc; covered, lS'Yyi lti'..,c; short clear
nines, i.j-.4in-..e; dry salt sides, 1Z'
(513'...c; lard, compound, in tins, 11
12c per pound; pure, in tins, 14(5;l5cj
viregon lam, ll'aliriS'oC.
LIVE AND DRESSED MEAT
Beef Prime steers.$2.00(52.80; choice
steers, jj.khoZ.oU; lair to good Bteers,
$3.00(53.50; good to choice cows, $11.00(5
3.50; common to medium cows, $2.00(4
2.25; dressed U-ef, $3.50(ntl.00.
.mutton Uioice mutton, $2.75
dressed, (i.OO; lambs. $2.00(5 2.50:
dressed, $0.00; shearlings, 234c, live
"CiKill.
Hoos Choice heavv, $5.00(45.50; me
dium, $4.50ia5.00; light and feeders,
Ti..HFiaoam; uresseu, fi.UO.
Veal H.OO (56.00.
HOTS. WOOL AND IMHI.
Hops 10(5; 17S,,c per pound, according
IU 'UUIlll ,
mool Linpqua valley, 14(?15c; fall
cup, iJiirne; Willamette vallev, 10(g
11c, according to quality; F!astern Ore
gon, birfHc per pound, according to
vuii'iiiii.111.
Hides Dry hides, selected prime,
t(48c; green, selected, over 55 pounds,
4c; under 55 pounds, 3c; sheep pelts,
short wool, 30,5 50e; medium, (KVHOe
ong, mVi.i$1.25; shearlings, 10(4 20c; tal
low, good to choice, 35o per pound.
bags and bagoino.
Hnrlntid ri.j..,.u, .10 :.. .1. . ,
. -, c -,v,cii, net casn,
c; burlaps, 10!. -ounce. 40-inch, net
cash, ,c; burlaps, 12-ounce, 45-inch,
;'sc; burlaps, 15-ounce, oO-itich, I2i-C;
hurlap , 20-ounce, 70-inch, 14c; wheat
hags Calcutta, 23x3o, spot, 6Bc;
2-btishel oat bags, 7c
miscellaneous.
Tin I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime Qual
ity, $S.50 ,;!UH) ,ht box ; for" S $
extra per box; 1. ( coke plates. 14x20
prune miality.tf.5o,,, 8.00 per 1h,x ; terne
plate, 1. l prune quality, $0.50.5 7.00.
, i4l'-?-J,'l!.,lotations: lrn $2.25;
steel. $2.So: wire, $2.75 in-r keg. '
Ikox P.ar.
4c per pound ; pig-iron,
$23 1 25 in-r ton
Steel Per pound, I0'a0.
1-KAD-lVr pound, 4 V; bar, C'so.
Slnkripar Nonhrra.
First Tueaur;;oer-Uow wa. the new
play last night?
trJt a,heiilerwr-0h' snnU
Ji.t realistic draiuatio guccesa of tu
age. Tuey've gut n. hvdrant on th.
Se-pol, real w ater. Vonght f se.
it. Crood ews.
Owing principally to the Immense
amoUn, of snow in the mountain, of
Colorado this year, the water thus fur
nished for the gold placersand silver de
posit, will b utilized to. greater exurnt
than ever before
FARM AND GARDEX
Effect of Nitrogenous Fertil.
uers on Crops.
PRACTICAL BREEDING
The Man Who Feeds Haphazard u
Most Likely to Make Very
Serious Mistakes.
Careful observations made at tlie V;.. t
souri experiment station have been fo",.
muiaieu into a series 01 practical roles r
for breeding, of which the following ars
a brief synopsis : f
1. Animals should be led as much s f
they can digest without injury to health.
2. Thev should be fed a " balanced n. '
tion "that is, one in which the various
ingredients are adapted to their needs '
and the purpose in feeding. k
3. Food is required to maintain animal f
heat; hence animals exposed lo cold re f
quire more food than those provided f
with warm but well-ventilated quarters.
The man, therefore, who is kind to iik t
cattle is kind to himself. ;
4. The digestive capacity of animals i
may be stimulated by a variety of food i
salt, etc ' i
With regard to the substances which !
enter into the composition of foods fori'
stock, usually arranged in six groups, i;
the following definitions are given: ' f
1. Water The amount of this varies f
with the kind of food supplied. While 1
pure water has no nutritive value in it-1
self, it plays no unimportant part in the '
animal economy, and should be freeh i
supplied and o. the best attainable qual- :'
ity. ;
2. Ash This is what remains after the ;
combustible portions have been burned '
away. It supplies the mineral ingredi
eron to tbp flnimnl body.
3. Protein (pronounced pro-tee-in)- i
Is the nitrogenous portion of the food, !
and goes to form muscle and all other ;
nitrogenous parts of the body, aiding al- ?
most in the formation of fat. It is the
most valuable of all the food ingredients.
4. Fat This substance produces ani- (
mal neat, or is stored up in tne Doily M 1
fat for future use. ' j'
5. Carbohydrates include the starches, f
gums, sugars, etc., and produce fat and
neat.
0. Fiber This substance has alxrat
the same composition as the carbohv .
drates, but is much less digestible, and ;
has but little if anv nutritive value. i
It is by a knowledge of these various S
ingredients as combined in dili'erent i
foods that scientific feeders are able to r
secure the best results, w hether they are '
feeding for milk or muscle. A man who t
feeds haphard, with w hatever he has on t
hand, may happen to hit on the right r
ration, but the chances are he will make '
very serious mistakes. The subject for
rations for cattle is one of the deepest '
with which stock owners have to do. '(
FACTS ABOUT FERTILIZERS,
As the results of experiments at the
Storrs Agricultural School it lias bnn j
found that, while the addition of nun- J
eral fertilizers increased the yield of f
clover, it had no material eflect on the j
yield of grasses. In general the yield of
hay was increased with the quantity of I
nitrogen supplied; but the mineral fer-
tinkers when used alone were applied at
a loss.
Some of the facts obtained are well
worth attention. For example, the ad
dition of 100 pounds of nitrate of soda
per acre (containing twenty-five pounds
of nitrogen) in addition to the fixed min
erals gave an average profit during a (io
riod of three years of $1.40 per acre.
Three hundred' and twenty pounds of
nitrate of soda (fifty pounds of nitrogen)
gave an average profit of $5.24 per acre,
while 480 pounds of nitrate of soda (seventy-five
pounds of nitrogen) yielded a
proht of only $2.45 per acre. The re-
turns of prolit from the use of 320 pounds
of nitrate of soda were very uniform, be- -
ing $5.10, $5.12 and $5.49 respectively for
the three years. ' I
The application of nitrogenous fertil- jj
izers, it was found, increased the per-
centages of protein in the crop, and the I
increase was somewhat in proortion to I
the amount of nitrogen supplied. The I
increase in the amount of nitrogen in f
the crop did not, however, equal the in- J
creased amount of nitrogen supplied in I
the fertilizers, which would appear to
show that the plants were not able to I
utilize all the nitrogen supplied. i
It is plain, therefore, that it is not
profitable to apply more of this cxpen- i-
sive ingredient than the plants can read-
ily assimilate. (.
TO FATTEN DUCKS.
An Knglish contemporary savs: First,
select clean, shady yards; if' thev are j
grassy, so much the better. Do not pat I
more than 100 birds together, giving
them about six or eight square feet of
room per bird. Begin fattening when
the birds are eight weeks old. The feed
may consist of 70 per cent of cornineal.
10
per cent of irluten. 10 ner cent of
Bowker's animal meal and 5 per cent of
wheat bran. This should be carefully
mixed and made quite moist, but not
sloppy. The birds can eat it more read
ily when it is a little stickv, and do not
waste it so much. The feeding trough
should be five to six feet two for each
100 birds. Feed regularly three times a
day at sunrise, noon and sunset, water
ing at the same time. In warm weather
the ducks should be watered between
meals in addition. Be sure and feed all
they will eat clean. If there is anv food
left in the troughs at the end of twenty
minutes, take it up clean so that the
birds may not be cloyed. Keep cracked
oyster shells and coarse sand in small
boxes within reach. Give preen clover
or corn fodder once each dav say at 8
. m. what they will eat each "day.
Pekin ducks, carefully grown and fatted
in this wnv, should" at ten or eleven
weeks old tip the scales at twelve pomi'ls
per pair. That is about the average
weight.
NOTES.
Pon't cool off the stables before milk
ing. It makes the cows hold up their
milk, and frequently thev become fret
ful and kick.
Sweet cream should le churned at
lower temperature than sour, and it
takes a longer time for it to separate;
otherwise the same rules applv to lmth.
The foals of 1H!3 need the In'-st of care.
Hive them food adapted to their needs.
Three hours a week can lie profitably
spent in training each pair of colls dur
ing their first six months.
In France the making of matches Is .
monopoly of the government, w bich famn
out the privilege at a large figure, the resiLt
being that it costs much more to trike
light iu that couutry thau it does e
where.
To determine whether the ioint of .
ewer pipe leak, or rot, wrap it with
piece of white cloth saturated with a solu
tion of acetate of lead. ' If it leaks the clotll
w ill become black.
Th.
Aiuuj manufacture are those made i
JrVinamaof straw, which take six niontU
to niak. and are Kid at twenty five doiUr.
acta. .